SFAC

Charity Number: 1186903
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

SFAC provides training, mentoring, and advice to adults working to care for and protect children. We provide support in social work, psychology (including trauma, therapeutic care, and protective behaviours), and judicial practices and processes. We work alongside local organisations (NGOs, governments and courts) and provide subsidies to small organisations so our support is accessible to all.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £124,691
Total expenditure: £138,652

People

4 Trustee(s)

7 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Australia
  • Belize
  • Brazil
  • Costa Rica
  • Egypt
  • Haiti
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Morocco
  • Paraguay
  • Philippines
  • Romania
  • Sierra Leone
  • Sri Lanka
  • Thailand
  • Uganda
  • United States

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 December 2019: CIO registration
  • 23 September 2022: Funds received from 1095091 SFAC
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • Strengthening Families And Children (Working name)
  • STRENGTHENING FAMILIES FOR ABANDONED CHILDREN (Working name)
  • SUBSTITUTE FAMILIES FOR ABANDONED CHILDREN (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Nigel Jonathan Priestley MBE Chair 29 January 2022
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF MELTHAM, CHRIST THE KING
Received: On time
Idris Muyiwa Trustee 15 May 2023
None on record
John Woodhouse Trustee 14 October 2022
None on record
Jane Elizabeth Booth Trustee 12 December 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £80.40k £74.46k £88.33k £108.29k £124.69k
Total expenditure £3.11k £77.55k £78.81k £101.25k £138.65k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £1.53k N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2024 09 May 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 12 May 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 15 March 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 15 March 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 09 May 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 09 May 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 21 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 21 September 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 10 November 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 10 November 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 12 Dec 2019

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP FOSTERING PROJECTS FOR ABANDONED CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:- 4.1. THE PROVISION OF FAMILY AND CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES WITHIN LOCAL COMMUNITIES; 4.2. THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN'S HOMES AND OLDER CHILDREN WITH EDUCATION FEES AND/OR VOCATIONAL TRAINING; 4.3. ANY OTHER ACTIVITY THAT IS CHARITABLE BY LAW THAT WOULD AID THE RELIEF OF HARDSHIP AND POVERTY TO CHILDREN AND DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES AND ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Contact information

Address:
SFAC
c/o Bridge Community Church
Rider Street
Leeds
LS9 7BQ
Phone:
07864640100
Email:
info@sfac.org.uk
Website:

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